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Introduction In the following examination assignment I am required to, read an article by Jean-Paul Marthoz which is titled: The Challenges and Ambiguities of South Africa's Foreign Policy, after doing that I will analyse the authors main ideas on South Africa’s foreign approach as well as find authors, who wrote from an African perspective and agree with this author, I will then conclude my answer by giving my own detailed opinion if I agree to what the authors say or not. Definition of key…

On June 23rd 2016, the United Kingdom is holding an “in-or-out” referendum in order to determine whether the United Kingdom should stay as part of the European Union (the EU) or leave the international organisation. The United Kingdom and the EU have an interesting history with many disagreements over institutions. This then caused a national identity crisis as to whether the United Kingdom wants to class itself as being ‘European’. This is relevant to the main argument for exiting the European…

Carrefour’s Misadventure in Russia Mishal Al Dhafiri Australian College of Kuwait Introduction When retailers set up in a new market it takes time for them to be established in an emerging market. This can be due to competition , bureaucracy and other factors such as corruption (Maxwell, 2013). Carrefour is classed as the second largest retailer in the global arena and it faced a number of challenges to set up in the Russian market. The fact that Carrefour entered the market…

Chinese culture is more towards stimulating innovations and emphasizing new ideas. It is flexible and more acting than reacting on changes occurring inside and outside of business. While cultures with very high uncertainty avoidance demonstrate their emotions in such a way that everything which is different becomes dangerous for them. They often resist in changes and worry about their future. In china obedience to laws and rules may be flexible to suit the actual situation and simplicity is a…

Decisions and Procrastinating We all have freedom of choice and freewill to do whatever we like, when we like. We have to acknowledge this so you can take full advantage of the right to choose where, who, when and why! Most people want to be lead; they feel safe when they are told what to do and when to do it. People like easy familiar routines in their lives. This way they can then blame everyone and everything else if things don’t go according to plan. This is because they believe they have…

(Introduction) Brazil is the fifth largest nation in the world by land area and one of the most economically powerful nations in the Western Hemisphere. With an area of more than three million square miles, Brazil occupies nearly half of South America and provides promising resources including iron and other industrial minerals. Its diverse population of African, European, Asian, and indigenous descent has greatly increased to about 200 million. According to many socio-economic characteristics…

A well referenced internationalisation theory for explaining MNCs’ outward foreign direct investment is Dunning’s Eclectic model (Dunning, 1980). The eclectic model is often referred to as the OLI paradigm borne out of the insufficiencies of the ealier FDI theories especially that of Hymer’s competitve advantage and industrial organisation theory (Dunning and Rugman, 1985). Dunning (1988) asserts that MNCs engage in foreign production to capitalize on three sets of advantages in an attempt to…

In this sense, they try to hold much of the visibility and responsibility to themselves when selling to DOS as they always selling on Cost Insurance and Freight (CIF) making La Perla Headquarters the decision point on Freight Forwarder, Insurance company and sometimes main carrier. On contrary to this, when selling to department stores it always sells on Free on Board (FOB) terms giving the buyer responsibility and the freedom to choose their freight forwarder, insurance company and/or carrier.…

Chapter-1 Introduction to Indian Pharmaceutical Industry 1.1 Introduction The Indian pharmaceutical industry holding the top most position among all science based technology spread with wide ranging of technicalities in the complex field of drug manufacturing and drug innovations. The Indian pharmaceutical industry stands fourth in terms of volume and attained the fourteen in terms of value. Export of Indian pharmaceutical industry works as a fuel for the growth of the industry. The Indian…

Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ 2 The strategies, corporate structure & culture of the firm ......................................................................... 3 Analysis of the industry in which the firm operates ................................................................................. 4 Computers .......................................................................…